6 publications of Juvenile sheet music and Song Book (to be added at a later date), 1944 - 1952

File — Box: MS99.01, Folder: MS99.01.09

Identifier: Folder MS99.01.09

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Big Indian Chief for piano." Music by Leopold W. Rovenger. Bryn Mawr, Pa: Theodore Presser Co. 1945. Monochrome cover art: boy in Plains Indian headdress and buckskins, with dog Stamped "McMILLAN MUSIC CO."

Good‑Bye Old Paint. "a cowboy song for solo piano." Arr.: June Weybright. Rockville Center, N.Y.: Belwin, Inc. 1952. Polychrome cover art: silhouette of a cowboy and his horse.

"Little Cowboy Piano solo by Bernice Rosner." Staten Island, N.Y.: Musicord Publications. 1943. Mochrome cover art: juvenile cowboy with lariat. Stamped "McMILLAN MUSIC CO." Defaced with juvenile MS exlibris (in ink) "ROBERT MILBURN" and internal MS notations in pencil.

Little Cowboy Rides Again. Piano solo. By Mildred Hofstad. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser Co. 1951. Monochrome cover art: juvenile cowboy with cattle and cactus. Stamped "McMILLAN MUSIC CO."

Ride Ranger Ride. "Piano solo with words". Music by Jacques Offenbach, adapted & arr.by John W. Schaum. Rockville Center, N.Y.: Belwin, Inc. 1944. Polychrome cover art: juvenile cowboy on bronco. Stamped "McMILLAN MUSIC CO."

Saddle Boy Boogie. Piano solo. Music by Norma Lyon. Rockville Center, N.Y.: Belwin, Inc. 1952. Polychrome cover art: juvenile cowboy on a horse. Stamped "McMILLAN MUSIC CO."

SONG BOOK

Original Songs the Texas Rangers Sing. Kansas City, Mo.: Midland Music Co. 1946. Includes words, music, piano accompaniments, guitar chords, photographic illustrations, and brief history of the group. 47pp, table of contents, no index.

The "Texas Rangers" were a singing group formed in the 1920s who made their mark in the early '30s broadcasting over the CBS radio network from KMBC in Kansas City. The Governor of Texas is said to have made them honorary Texas Rangers in 1939, and soon thereafter they made some movies and did radio shows with Gene Autrey and John Mack Brown. The Texas Rangers songbook, published just after the war, is an archive in itself, with a host of photos and promos. Most (all?) of the songs were written by "Captain Bob" Crawford, the leader of the troupe.

Dates

Created: 1944 - 1952

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